The Los Angeles Angels' 11-10 comeback win at Texas left Houston a game behind the first-place Rangers. An Astros win on Sunday and a Rangers loss would send Houston into a one-game tiebreaker at Texas on Monday for the division crown. The loser would play the New York Yankees in the wild-card game.

If the Astros lose on Sunday and Los Angeles wins, the Angels would go to Houston on Monday for a tiebreaker to determine the second wild card. A Houston loss and a Texas victory would give the Astros the No. 2 wild card and a trip to Yankee Stadium.

And if Houston and Texas both win, the Astros could wind up the top wild card and host the Yankees if New York loses its regular-season finale at Baltimore. Houston holds the tiebreaker over the Yankees because it won the season series 4-3.

"Nothing can happen to us negatively if we win (on Sunday)," Hinch said. "We'll be playing for the division or be in the wild card."

McHugh said there's no sense thinking about the dizzying array of possibilities.

"If you start trying to figure out what can happen here, what can there and the ifs and the buts, it's going to get in your head," he said.

Rasmus led off the fourth and eighth with his 24th and 25th home runs, respectively.

Altuve doubled and scored on Carlos Correa's sacrifice fly in the first, then hit a solo home run off Jeremy Hellickson (9-12) in the fifth at hitter-friendly Chase Field.

"I was excited to come here," Rasmus said. "It's always been a fun place to hit and we've taken advantage of it."

Altuve was hit in the hand by David Hernandez's pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth inning. He shook his hand in pain but stayed in the game.

The Astros are a major league-best 15-3 in interleague play, 8-1 on the road.

RIGHT ON

The right fielder made a big play for each team.

Socrates Brito's perfect, one-bounce throw caught Houston's Chris Carter trying to advance to third on a flyout in the second. George Springer's driving grab down the right-field line for Houston robbed Aaron Hill in the third.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Astros: OF Carlos Gomez sat out his second consecutive game with sore ribs.

Diamondbacks: Hale said OF David Peralta won't play again this season due to an injured right wrist. OF Ender Inciarte (shin) missed his second straight game with a sore shin.

UP NEXT

Astros: Hinch said after the game rookie RHP Lance McCullers (6-7, 3.21 ERA) will start on Sunday.

Diamondbacks: LHP Robbie Ray (5-12, 3.12), who has allowed two earned runs in his last two starts, takes the mound in Arizona's last game of the season.